Re: VARPG, VB and WebFacing

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

I don't know if this applies to VARPG, or whether you've already noticed it,
but when using VB with ADO, we chose SQL over record-level access because
the error message would give constraint names. By using very long
description constraint names it became relatively easy to figure out what
the error was talking about.

hth,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bussert" <jbussert@stecnet.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: RE: VARPG, VB and WebFacing


> Yea we ran into the db2 issue.  We are using SQL, so it is a little bit
> of a hassle - but the flexability is very good, and it gives us some
> capabilities that are just better than F spec IO.
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon.Paris@hal.it [mailto:Jon.Paris@hal.it]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 11:39 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: VARPG, VB and WebFacing
>
>
>
>  >> With the restriction of requiring DB2 Connect on each deployed PC,
> would it make more sense to use VB with ODBC?
>
> First you only need DB2 connect if you are using SQL - native
> (READ/CHAIN/etc) I/O does not require it.  Also if this is an issue you
> can
> always use ODBC from within VARPG.
>
>  >> Is the performance of VARPG faster than VB with ODBC?
>
> Record level access is certainly very fast - can't speak for embedded
> SQL
> as I haven't tried it.
>
> Since you are considering WebFacing you are obviously looking at browser
> based apps as well as thick client - so you should also take a look at
> IBM's CGIDEV2 library for CGI programming (www.easy400.ibm.it) and also
> ProGen WebSmart looks pretty good for the price.  Then of course there's
> Lansa for the Web etc. etc.
>
> You should also take a look at Joe Pluta's approach to modernizing - see
> the revitalisation pages (www.zappie.net) - Joe doesn't use VARPG on the
> front end - but we've used this type of technique with VARPG, Java, CGI,
> etc. on the front-end and it works well.
>
> Jon Paris
> Jon.Paris@e400.com
>
> www.e400.com - A new wave of iSeries and AS/400 Education
>
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